Friendship

It's crazy (for those who know me) to think that two to three years ago, I'd have considered myself the kid with the least friends.

High school was mainly a drag for me. I didn't really get into popular (top 40) music till freshman year, and so I felt uncomfortable at my middle school dances. I didn't go to any dances freshman or sophomore year of high school.

Part of it had to do with the result of elementary school: I was overweight, weighed 100 pounds by first grade, and was teased incessantly because of it and other things. Par example: my mom made me wear nice clothes (khakis and a polo shirt) through all of elementary school, because it was "inappropriate" to just wear a t-shirt and jeans. Also, I was very sheltered from the evils of the world. Boy Meets World? What's that? Power Rangers? No. Way. PG-13 movies? Wait till you're 13.

Because of my parents, I was handicapped socially. Yea, I made friends, but it was because of just one thing: Pokémon. I was a MASTER back in the day. But, ironically, Pokémon was the very thing that handicapped me in middle school; it was juvenile, and again I became an outcast.

Junior and senior year were better than the first two of high school, though, because I lost 50 pounds, and therefore had more self-esteem; a better self-image. My first dance was homecoming junior year, and I had a TON of fun. Still, needless to say, I didn't really "hang out" with kids from school. Just didn't happen. I dunno why; it just didn't.

Which is why it's so different here at Vassar. It gave me a chance to reinvent myself, to portray who I wanted to portray, my true self, without any inhibitions; who would be able to stop me?

So far, it's turned out to be no one. I have hundreds of friends here, who I legitimately feel I can depend on when the going gets tough, and I'd like to think that they feel the same way about me.

I wish you all the best on your last few midterms, and many happy returns of the day!
muah! SPRiNKLES

P.S.: Rococo Puffs